The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-10-14
NEWS NOTES FOR WOMEN.

in silks every year.
Pink and golden brown. black and
yellow are fashionable combinations.
Queen Victoria is writing another
book, but what about nobody knows.
Black grenadine, bunting and etamine
are worn in black or after Grape Is lald
aside.
Beaded lace and silk cord gimp are
used in the same profusion as passemen-
terie is.
Lavender and pearl undressed kid
gloves are vieing with the tan shade In 1
popularity.
A line of pique ribbon is still the sly
lish finish for dressy gown IN both neck
and sleeves.
Gold or steel beaded panels, vests, cuffs
and collars are worn on plush, velvet or
silk costumes.
Tea cloths have a handsome edge of
wide marquise, as also have bed spreads
and pillow shams.
The rage for bouffant skirts is ID no
way lessened, and the skirts are more nu-
merous than ever.
GRAY ginghams are trimmed with white
embroidery and worn in the house fo1
! second mourning.
fit closely to the lower part of the arm
have caught the fancy of most ladies.
Miss Olivia Cobb, who is just out Of
| her teens, is the belle of Athens, Ga,
and has already refused thirty offers of
marriage.
Mahogany and the various Florentine
! reds will be the favorite shades for street
wear in the winter. They are certainly
warm looking.
Nine. Emile Flygare- Cartin, the Swe-
dish novelist, is more than eighty years
old, and is about to publish an extensive
autobiography.
Full vests are worn with revers, collars
and cuffs of border goods, embroidery OF
the portions that come for this purpose
with robe dresses.
Draped and folded vests remain a
feature in most fall and winter gowns.
Repped silk, Bengaline, and velvet will
beused for them.
Dressmakers who pleat and gather a
quantity of stuff about the dress wearer's
figure are not following the best models.
Simplicity will rule.
Mrs. Edith Kingdom Gould cut up a
SO, 900 point d'Alencon t1ounce, that
once belonged to the Empress Eugene,
to trim her baby's clothes.
Beadings should be of the same tone
as the foundation, and the beads must
be so literally used that but very little
of the foundation can be seer.
Plush and tinsel stripes are on gauze
ribbons MORE has satin back and plcot
edged velvet ribbons are in all of the
new evening shades for party toilets.
Annie Mercer, of Missaukee County,
Mich, promises to become grantees.
She is only in her twelfth year, and yet
she is a trifle over six feet in stature.
Miss Belle Gentle astonished the volun-
teers at Kincraig, Fifeshire, Scotland, by
her wonderful skill with the rifle. She
shot in ten contests and won e1ght hrst
prizes.
Narrow bands of black velvet are seen
on the sleeves of white and cream col
ored dresses. They are placed a little
below the puffings, and add much to the
appearance of the garments
There is a mistaken notion that ladies
in mourning must use white hand
kerchief with a black border. A white
cambria one is quite as appropriate ana
in accordance with the demands which
fashion makes.
The long straight polonaises, which
, will be made OF heaVy mdIeIldls Aol
winter wear, should not be caught up IN
the hips but be cut in fiat pleats behind,
; sloping away at the sides to disclose the
, skirt beneath, which will be entirely
: concealed elsewhere.
There are more simple models for even
inc costumes than ever The picturesque
t is more sought than last season, ano
S the models this season embody design:
/ taken from Louis Tvs reign. The col
e ors also in evening fabrics are reproduc
= lions of the same epoch.
e oPinking'' will come in again with {
/: Grand rush 1t will be applied to
!! Variety of materials and all sorts of gar
I ments. Silk and wooden gowns, under
= skirts. morning dresses. breakfast jack
o cts. will be decorated with f1ounces
e frills. and ruchings of the material
: pinked out. sometimes pleated, but NOR
often very lightly gathered.
'. In tailor-made gowns smooth surfaced
cloths will still be used Tor dressy suits
Z two markedly contrasting colors IN on
= costume the lighter color for lower Skin
u and vest, the darker for the basque an'
. drapery. Thus serpent green over gray
= and dark blue over tobacco brown
e Jacket in the darker color. Small man
% ties and shoulder capes of the two color
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